Peyton Farquhar's experience in the woods shortly before death is mirrored in LOST. Alternatively, this book could be a reference by the writers of Lost to the hallucination theory. The Union Scout posing as a Confederate Soldier could be seen as the Others who infiltrated the survivors camps. This could also be featured with some survivors' " dreams". Also, the fact that both stories feature people who are trapped somewhere and only want to go home. There could be some parallels drawn between the survivors and this book namely due to the fact that both feature extensive flashbacks. In 1913, he walked into Mexico and was never heard from again. The narrator then reveals that Farquhar is in fact dead in the noose hanging below Owl Creek Bridge, having hallucinated the whole episode in the seconds before his death.īierce was a news correspondent during the Civil War and the author of The Devil's Dictionary, which created his reputation as one of history's great cynics. As he is about to embrace his wife, a blinding white light surrounds Farquhar followed by silence. After walking a full day, Farquhar arrives back at his house. Removing the noose and evading the soldiers' bullets, Farquhar swims to shore and disappears into the forest. As he is hanging from the Owl Creek Bridge, the rope snaps and Farquhar falls into the river below.
The third and final part of the story describes Farquhar's hanging, and the sensations he feels. However, the final sentence of the passage reveals the man to be a Union scout, unbeknowst to Farquhar. A passing soldier says that Farquhar can destroy the Owl Creek Bridge, in order to help stop the Northern advance. The second part of the story is a flashback to the man, now named Peyton Farquhar, as an Alabama planter longing to aid the Confederate army in whatever way possible. The man considers the possibility that if the rope snapped, he could escape death by swimming in the river below him. In the moment's before the man's death, time seems to distort and slow down. The first part of the story begins with a description of a man about to be hung from Owl Creek Bridge by two soldiers.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge is a Civil War-era short story written by Ambrose Bierce in 1886.
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